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<IMG SRC="http://www.swedespeed.com/news/uploads/volvo/v70_1.jpg" BORDER="0"><p>“With the all-new Volvo V70, we want to mark our position in the premium segment even more clearly than before,” says Tomas Ahlborg, Project Director for the all-new V70. “We have seen that estate cars in the upper segment follow the same trend as sedans, that is to say a shift towards more specialised products. We have therefore focused firmly on giving the all-new Volvo V70 just about all the best features. Design, naturally, but we’ve also given top priority to areas such as driving pleasure, flexible function and high comfort – of course alongside safety, both preventive and protective. We know that all these properties are important to Volvo’s customers, who in many cases are highly aware and active families.”<p><A HREF="http://www.swedespeed.com/news/publish/Volvo_News/article_986.html" TARGET="_blank"><b> Full Story </b></A>

 

[Epiphny]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 ([email protected])

I didn't see a 0-60 on the T6 version (manual) of this bad boy. Any ideas? Love the pinch protection moulding on the auto tailgate <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/smile.gif" BORDER="0"> . 12 speakers and a sub? Very cool. And ventilated seats!!!! Will there be an R version?<p>-Brand <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/tongue.gif" BORDER="0">

 

[Needsdecaf]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 (Epiphny)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD><i>Quote, originally posted by <b>Epiphny</b> »</i></TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I didn't see a 0-60 on the T6 version (manual) of this bad boy. Any ideas? Love the pinch protection moulding on the auto tailgate <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/smile.gif" BORDER="0"> . 12 speakers and a sub? Very cool. And ventilated seats!!!! Will there be an R version?<p>-Brand <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/tongue.gif" BORDER="0"> </TD></TR></TABLE><p>We can only hope there will be.

 

[VolvoMax]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 (Epiphny)

I SERIOUSLY doubt that there will be a manual version.

 

[MagoonR]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 (Epiphny)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD><i>Quote, originally posted by <b>Epiphny</b> »</i></TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Will there be an R version?</TD></TR></TABLE><p>IMO, very doubtful. Big daddy Ford doesn't have the $$$ to spend on a limited production/heavily incented vehicle.

 

[Epiphny]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 (VolvoMax)

There had better be a manual version! <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vortexmediagroup.com/images/banghead.gif" BORDER="0"> I don't get what's wrong with people these days. I'll only drive a manual.

 

[GrecianVolvo]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 (VolvoMax)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD><i>Quote, originally posted by <b>VolvoMax</b> »</i></TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I SERIOUSLY doubt that there will be a manual version.</TD></TR></TABLE><p>That stinks! Man, it is getting harder and harder to find manual transmission cars, in the U.S.<p>Yannis

 

[Epiphny]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 (GrecianVolvo)

I agree. Which also makes it harder to sell them, like my V70 T5 MT. What the heck is wrong with people! <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/rolleyes.gif" BORDER="0"> Shifting is the best part. Clutches will never go away completely, there is a market for them but they'll get harder and harder to find in the cars we love. <p>-Bran

 

[VolvoMax]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 (GrecianVolvo)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD><i>Quote, originally posted by <b>GrecianVolvo</b> »</i></TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"><p>That stinks! Man, it is getting harder and harder to find manual transmission cars, in the U.S.<p>Yannis</TD></TR></TABLE><p>Yup, Americans are too lazy to shift gears.<br>I love my S60R M, but driving that car in traffic sucks. I mostly drive my SL to work because it is an automatic.

 

[Cabot]

I-love-this-car! Reading about the features, I was amazed. By the looks of the picture in the writeup about the active xenons at night, it looks like the upper part of the tail lights have LEDs in them. I can't wait to see this car in person.

 

[billyk24]

After reading about this new Volvo creation, I assume it will carry one heck of a price tag and will target the MB, Audi and BMW customers. The Saab, Subaru and Maza 6 wagon buyers will continue to have a significant price advantage over Volvo. When will this 2008 model be introduced to the USA. I'm assuming the leftover 2007 models will carry a significant price difference when compared to the 2008 models. Sure could tank the resale values of 2006 Volvos.

 

[MagoonR]

Re: (billyk24)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD><i>Quote, originally posted by <b>billyk24</b> »</i></TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">When will this 2008 model be introduced to the USA. I'm assuming the leftover 2007 models will carry a significant price difference when compared to the 2008 models. Sure could tank the resale values of 2006 Volvos.</TD></TR></TABLE><p>According to Autoweek, the new V70 isn't due in the US until early 2008.<p><A HREF="http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070202/FREE/70202003/1061/cara_submit" TARGET="_blank">http://www.autoweek.com/apps/p...ubmit</A><p>And with regard to tanking resale, that's a Volvo tradition of late.

 

[VolvoMax]

Re: (billyk24)

I doubt that there will be many leftover 07's.<br>Volvo has cut back wagon production.<p>As for Subaru and Mazda, even the Opel/Saabs they cost less and they should.<br>The V70 occupies a unique niche.<br>People who want one rarely shop anythin else seriously.<br>Most of the time, the German wagons are WAYYYY above their comfort level and the japanese ones simply aren't nice enough, to say nothing of safety.

 

[gascos80]

Re: (billyk24)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD><i>Quote, originally posted by <b>billyk24</b> »</i></TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">After reading about this new Volvo creation, I assume it will carry one heck of a price tag and will target the MB, Audi and BMW customers. The Saab, Subaru and Maza 6 wagon buyers will continue to have a significant price advantage over Volvo. When will this 2008 model be introduced to the USA. I'm assuming the leftover 2007 models will carry a significant price difference when compared to the 2008 models. Sure could tank the resale values of 2006 Volvos.</TD></TR></TABLE><p>Judging by the pricing of S80, I think that the new V70 will be priced at the same level as a similarly equipped 2007 models. I do not expect any significant price hike.<p>Now, Max is right saying that V/XC70 is a class on its own. I have been looking into "sensitive alternative" to it for a family member, and finally accepted the fact that there is no, basically, any reasonable alternative to the OSD priced XC70 in this upscale AWD segment. Anything else is either way more expensive, way too small, or both.

 

[JRL]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 (Epiphny)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD><i>Quote, originally posted by <b>Epiphny</b> »</i></TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I agree. Which also makes it harder to sell them, like my V70 T5 MT. What the heck is wrong with people! <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/rolleyes.gif" BORDER="0"> Shifting is the best part. Clutches will never go away completely, there is a market for them but they'll get harder and harder to find in the cars we love. <p>-Bran</TD></TR></TABLE><br>What's wrong is they don't live in Yelm Wa <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/zeroforum_graphics/screwy.gif" BORDER="0"> (wharever the heck that is)?<br>Try being stuck in day to day rush hour traffic and you'll wish you had an automatic

 

[RainyS60R]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 (JRL)

Perhaps it's an age thing and I will come around in a decade or two, but I prefer the 6MT S60R to our auto SUV in heavy Seattle traffic (and it is REALLY bad traffic around here - even when driving to places like Yelm). I find it tiring to constantly depress the brake pedal just to keep the car from rolling forward. Our Pilot requires a pretty heavy foot to keep it sitting still. It's just as annoying as shifting if you ask me.<p>- Tryg<br>

 

[RainyS60R]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 (JRL)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD><i>Quote, originally posted by <b>JRL</b> »</i></TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">they don't live in Yelm Wa <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/zeroforum_graphics/screwy.gif" BORDER="0"> (wharever the heck that is)?</TD></TR></TABLE><p>C'mon JRL, stop pretending you don't know where Yelm, WA is. I know you are a devotee of Ramtha "the enlightened one". Brandi is one for sure...<p><IMG SRC="http://www.ramtha.com/images/new_home/ram.jpg" BORDER="0"><p><B>Ramtha wants you!!!</B> (along with your credit card number, expiration date and security code)<p>- Tryg<br>

 

[Epiphny]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 (RainyS60R)

Ramtha, NO. But manual trans, YES <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/tongue.gif" BORDER="0"> . I am enlightened but by the rush I get from shifting from a 6,000 rmp 2nd to 3rd with my baby around that sweet corner by Ramtha's fortress <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/biggrin.gif" BORDER="0"> . Great corner on the Katana as well <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/tongue.gif" BORDER="0"> .<p>I am in complete agreement with Tryg on the automatic vs. manual arguement. We should put out a poll (if there hasn't already been one) on automatic vs. manual. I mean, as long as I am allowed to vote 50,000 times!!!!! <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/tongue.gif" BORDER="0"> <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/biggrin.gif" BORDER="0"> <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/tongue.gif" BORDER="0"> <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/biggrin.gif" BORDER="0"> <p>-Brando the Commando

 

[JRL]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 (Epiphny)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD><i>Quote, originally posted by <b>Epiphny</b> »</i></TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"><p>-<B>Brando the Commando</B></TD></TR></TABLE><br>Not the usual Volvo demographic <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/rolleyes.gif" BORDER="0">

 

[Epiphny]

Re: In Detail: The All-New Volvo V70 (JRL)

Yeah well, a few people on here might say I'm a bit unusual. Volvo's a car company that takes real people that care about the cars. Just as long as they keep making the V70 in a manual trans. If they don't? <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://www.vwvortex.com/vwbb/frown.gif" BORDER="0"> <br>-B